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Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

just out of curiosity why's there drama here? i seen a few here that bash others 4 what reason ? to put their opinion in the spotlight? that's the issue here too many people with completely different opinions almost as bad as being around gay people

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

I hope this is not true , it could undermine Tony's credibility here on the forum .

Child please, he's so cracked out right now he can't even recall his OWN POST ON THIS BOARD referring to old men's erections in a bath house. I won't even go into his ageist commentary on another forum about this issue. Fortunately I have made .pdf files of his screeds since a timely attempt was made to disable the profile there

miss how did u know my name ? actually i'm bi but actually known many guys that are poz and those telling me i don't know about hiv they are fooled , if something came up that i didn't understand i asked the dr. and went on from he said and from the past i known alot of people that went to bed with complications of hiv 1 was way back in 1983 that a guy's brother died from complications of hiv back then. i didn't know hiv existed like the long term survivor said he had it for a very long time . known a guy that had hiv 25 yrs been in and out of the hosp. all i noted about hiv is mysterious to some people hiv doesn't effect them and don't need meds they are considered carriers and some hiv can be deadly just b/c i mention my opinion like earlier in another forum is from what i knew stating i didn't have symptoms and some do

i didn't know hiv existed like the long term survivor said he had it for a very long time . known a guy that had hiv 25 yrs been in and out of the hosp. all i noted about hiv is mysterious to some people hiv doesn't effect them and don't need meds they are considered carriers and some hiv can be deadly just b/c i mention my opinion like earlier in another forum is from what i knew stating i didn't have symptoms and some do

i've been reading alot about hiv but this is the 1st i ever heard from here , Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of cancer thats not curable not to scare any1 but fortunately i know alot of r.ns and dr.s that when i was diognosed my cd4 level was in the aids catagory below 200 and my friend wanted me tested when i took him to his caseworker i thought i would be neg, but unforetunately not my cd4 was 150s my friend's was in the single digets Before the AIDS epidemic, Kaposi's sarcoma was seen mainly in elderly Italian and Jewish men, and rarely, in elderly women. Among this group, the tumors developed slowly. In AIDS patients, the cancer can develop quickly. The cancer may also involve the skin, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs.In people with AIDS, Kaposi's sarcoma is caused by an interaction between HIV, a weakened immune system, and the human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). Kaposi's sarcoma has been linked to the spread of HIV and HHV-8 through sexual activity.People who have kidney or other organ transplants are also at risk for Kaposi's sarcoma.African Kaposi's sarcoma is fairly common in young adult males living near the equator. One form is also common in young African children.

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

So, a 38 year old is ageist? Isn't that, um, progressively harder to manage?

Logged

"Many people, especially in the gay community, turn to oral sex as a safer alternative in the age of AIDS. And with HIV rates rising, people need to remember that oral sex is safer sex. It's a reasonable alternative."

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

How about this mess of drama? We need the "PC police" (i.e., Ann and Rapid Rod) to come in here and regulate on this isht.

How's this for regulation? Unless you've tested positive since you were last around here and posting, you should not be posting in forums meant for hiv positive individuals only. If you are still hiv negative, then please consider yourself warned.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP